Nostalgic memories of Old Milton's local history

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The Footpaths In Old Bursledon

Old Bursledon was a wonderful and relatively safe place to grow up in. My sister and I, used to spend hours wandering along the many footpaths that criss cross the area and playing with friends in the village. Our parents never knew where we were and didn't worry - as were the times in the nineteen sixties and early seventies. Helen (Lewis) Carter.

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Added 01 February 2013

Houseboat Ml106 1926 36

Between 1926-36 my grandfather's family lived on an ex WW1 motor launch, known as the ML106, which was moored off Bursledon. My aunt recalls that they were the only ML moored mid river between the bridges, certainly in the early days. "We were moored fore and aft and facing down stream. We had 2 pontoons, 2 dinghies and later on a small motor boat that Dad acquired so that we could cruise up and ...see more

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Added 24 January 2012

Dodwell Lane Walks Along Dodwell The River Hamble

A group of us children would often after church on a Sunday go for a walk home 'the long way'. Yes, walking then was just wonderful. Our trek often took us along the river to the farm, before Ho- moor. We would look at the pigs in the stys and then make our way to the woods of Ho-moor, often detouring through the woods and down by the Ferney's pond. I should mention the stop at ...see more

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Added 03 November 2010

Old Reading Room Ploverfield

I think you need to get a bit further back in history to find anything about the Old Reading Room which you describe as "High Trees", Long Lane. In the thirties my parents rented Ploverfield Lodge Cottage which stood at the entrance of the driveway leading to Ploverfield, at that time owned by a family named Oliver. The Reading Room, as I remember it a wooden building with a corrugated roof, was ...see more